rojak
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch roedjak, from Javanese ꦫꦸꦗꦏ꧀ (rujak), from Old Javanese rujak.
=== Noun ===
rojak (countable and uncountable, plural rojaks)
(cooking) A traditional Malaysian and Indonesian salad of mixed raw fruits and vegetables served with a sauce.
(Malaysia, slang, countable) A person of mixed ethnic heritage.
==== Derived terms ====
Indian rojak
=== Further reading ===
rojak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
From Javanese ꦫꦸꦗꦏ꧀ (rujak), from Old Javanese rujak.
=== Noun ===
rojak (Jawi spelling روجق, uncountable)
(cooking) rojak: A traditional salad of mixed raw fruits and vegetables served with a sauce.
(colloquial, Indonesia) A mixture, mishmash.
Faiz Sathi Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati Abdullah, Tan Bee Hoon, Critical Perspectives on Language and Discourse in the New World Order, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009, →ISBN, →ISBN
"it meant a rojak (mishmash) of races"
==== Alternative forms ====
rujak (Indonesian)
==== Descendants ====
→ English: rojak
=== Further reading ===
"rojak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017